Acts, Amendments & Regulations

On this page you will find direct links to the relevant Acts in PDF format. Please note that some Acts below appear in Consolidated format (i.e. with amendments incorporated). Amendments are listed separately as well. For other consolidated acts, please refer to Bahamas Laws Online.

Probate & Administration of Estates Act, 2011

Probate & Administration of Estates Rules, 2011

Arbitration (Foreign Awards) No. 2 Order, 1931

Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act, 1966 (Applications To Colonies, Etc.) Order, 1967

Arbitration (Foreign Arbitral Awards) Act, 2009

Arbitration Act, 2010

Arbitration (Amendment) Act, 2023

International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2023

Arbitration (Amendment) Act, 2025

Investment Condominium Act, 2014

Investment Condominium (Amendment) Act, 2023

Savings Bank Act, 1974

Bahamas Development Bank Act, 1978       

Central Bank of The Bahamas Act, 2020

Central Bank of The Bahamas (Amendment) Act, 2023

Central Bank of The Bahamas (Amendment) Act, 2025

Banks And Trust Companies (Restriction on Use of Banking Names and Descriptions) Regulations, 2001

Banks and Trust Companies (New Appointments) Regulations, 2005

Banks and Trust Companies (Equity Investments) Regulations, 2005

Banks and Trust Companies (Acquisition of Shares) Regulations, 2005

Banks and Trust Companies (Foreign Currency Position) Regulations, 2005

Banks and Trust Companies (Large Exposures) Regulations, 2006

Banks and Trust Companies (Private Trust Companies) Regulations, 2007

Guidance Notice BTCRA (7) (Prohibited Words), 2007

Banks and Trust Companies (Money Transmission Business) Regulations, 2008

Banks and Trust Companies (Temporary Business Continuity Operations) Regulations, 2009

Banks And Trust Companies Regulation (Revocation of Licence) (Pib Trust Company Limited) Order, 2010

Banks And Trust Companies Regulation (Revocation of Licence) (Intesa Sanpaolo S.P.A.) Order, 2010

Banks And Trust Companies Regulation (Revocation of Licence) (Sentinel Bank & Trust Ltd.) Order, 2011

Banks & Trust Companies Regulation (Amendment to Third Schedule) Regulations 2011

Banks and Trust Companies (Liquidity Risk Management) Regulations, 2012

Banks And Trust Companies Regulation (Revocation of Licence) (Rural International Bank Limited) Order, 2013

Banks and Trust Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2013

Banks and Trust Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

Banks And Trust Companies Regulation (Revocation of Licence) (Heath Bank & Trust Limited) Order, 2015

Banks and Trust Companies (Administrative Monetary Penalties) Regulations, 2016

Banks And Trust Companies (Licence Application) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018

Banks & Trust Companies Regulation, Act 2020

Banks and Trust Companies (Eligible Financial Contracts) Regulations, 2023

Banks and Trust Companies Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2025

Banks and Trust Companies Regulation (Amendment)(No. 2) Act, 2025

Banks and Trust Companies (Payment of Dividends) Regulations, 2025       

Business Licence (Amendment of First Schedule) Order, 2018

Business Licence (Amendment) Act, 2021

Business Licence (Amendment) Act, 2022

Business Licence Act, 2023

Business Licence Regulations, 2023

Business Licence (Amendment) Act, 2024

Business Licence (Amendment) Act, 2025

Business Licence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2025

Commercial Entities  (Substance Requirements) Act, 2018 (Rectification) Order, 2019

Commercial Entities (Substance Requirements) (General) Regulations, 2023

Commercial Entities (Substance Requirements) (Amendment) Act, 2023

Companies (Winding-Up) Rules, 1975

Companies Act, 1992

Companies (Registration of Foreign Company Fee) Order

Companies Liquidation Rules, 2012

Companies Amendment Act 2019, No.6 of 2019

Companies (Amendment) Act No.2 of 2020

Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020

Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges Act, 2024

Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges (Anti-Money Laundering, Countering Financing of Terrorism and Countering Financing of Proliferation) Rules, 2022

Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges (Fees) Rules, 2024

Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax Act, 2024

Executive Entities Act, 2011

Executive Entities Regulations, 2012

Executive Entities (Amendment) Act, 2025

Financial And Corporate Service Providers (Licence) Order, 2001

Financial & Corporate Service Providers (Licence) (Amendment) Order 2009

Finance and Corporate Service Providers (Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financial of Terrorism) Rules, 2019

Financial and Corporate Service Providers Act, 2020

Finance and Corporate Service Providers (Fees) Rules, 2024

Financial Transactions Reporting Act, 2018

Financial Transactions Reporting Regulations, 2018

Financial Transactions Reporting (Wire Transfers) Regulations, 2018

Foundations Act, 2004

Foundations Regulations, 2004

Foundations (Winding Up) Rules, 2007

Foundations (Amendment) Act, 2020

Insurance Act,2005

External Insurance Act, 2009

External Insurance (Classes of Insurance Business) Regulations, 2010

External Insurance (Forms and Fees) Regulations, 2010

External Insurance (Capital Requirements for External Insurers, Insurance Managers and External Insurance Brokers) Regulations, 2010

External Insurance (Variable Insurance Business) Regulations, 2010

Insurance (General) Regulations, 2010

Insurance (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2023

International Business Companies Act, 2000

International Business Companies (Accounting Records) Order, 2016

International Business Companies (Amendment) (No.2) Act, 2023

International Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024

Mutual Legal Assistance (Criminal Matters) Act 1988

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act, 2000

Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act, 2000

Financial Intelligence (Transactions Reporting) Regulations 2001

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) Order, 2002

Criminal Justice (International Cooperation) Act (Nomination Of Court) Notice, 2003

The Bahamas and the United States of America Tax Information Exchange Agreement Act,2004

International Tax Cooperation Act, 2010

International Tax Cooperation Regulations, 2010

Anti-Terrorism Act, 2018

Proceeds of Crime Act, 2018

Financial Intelligence Unit (Designation Of Foreign Financial Intelligence Units) Order, 2018

Financial Intelligence Unit Act, 2023

Investment Funds Regulations 2003

Investment Funds (Smart Fund) (SFM 001- 004) Rules, 2003

Investment Funds (Financial Statements Extension of Time) Rules, 2004

Investment Funds (Smart Fund) (SFM005) Rules,2005

Investment Funds (SMART Fund) Rules 2009

Investment Funds Act, 2019

Investment Funds (Amendment) Act, 2020

Investment Funds (Prescribed Jurisdictions) Rules, 2020

Non-Profit Organisations Act, 2019

Trustee Act, 1998

Trustee (Amendment) Act, 2011        

Trustee Act (Amendment to Second Schedule) Order, 2012

Trustee (Amendment) Act, 2025

Exempted Limited Partnership Act, 1995

Partnership Limited Liability, 2011

Exempted Limited Partnership (Amendment) Act, 2023

Exempted Limited Partnership (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2023

Partnership Act, 2025

Banks and Trust Companies (Private Trust Companies) Regulations, 2007

Banks & Trust Companies (Private Trust Companies) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Central Bank Guidelines (PTC and Registered Representatives)      

Exemption of Private Trust Companies (PTCS) From Section 6 (1) of The Banks and Trust Companies Regulation Act (BCTRA)

Purpose Trust Act, 2004

Purpose Trust (Amendment) Act, 2011

Real Property Act, 1846

Real Property Tax Act, 1969

Real Property Tax (Forms and Notices) Regulations, 1970

Real Property Tax (Prescribed Form) Regulations, 1975

Real Property Tax (Owner-Occupier Exemption) Variation Order, 1987

Real Property Tax (Amnesty) Order, 2013

Real Property Tax (Waiver of Tax) Act, 2016

Real Property Tax (Amnesty) Order, 2016

Real Property Tax (Amnesty) Order, 2021

Real Property Tax (Amendment) Act, 2024

Real Property Tax (Amendment) Act, 2025

International Persons Landholding Act, 1993

International Persons Landholding Act Order, 2023

International Persons Landholding (Amendment to Schedule) Order, 2023

International Persons Landholding (Amendment) Act, 2025

Register of Beneficial Ownership (Amendment) (No.2) Act, 2019

Register Of Beneficial Ownership (Amendment) Act 2020

Register of Beneficial Ownership(Amendment) Act, 2022

Register of Beneficial Ownership (Amendment) Act, 2023

Securities Industry Regulations, 2012        

Securities Industry (Physical Presence) Rules, 2012

Securities Industry (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

Securities Industry (Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism) Rules, 2015

Securities Industry (Disciplinary Proceedings) (Hearings and Settlements) Rules, 2017

Securities Industry (Compliance Officers) Rules, 2019

Securities Industry (Take-Over) Rules, 2019

Securities Industry (Contracts for Differences) Rules, 2020

Securities Industry (Business Capital) Rules, 2021

Securities Industry Act, 2024

Securities Industry (Fees) Rules, 2024

Segregated Accounts Companies Act, 2025

Stamp Rules, 1927

Stamp Act, 2024

Stamp (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2025

Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Act, 2007

Copyright Act, 2024

Patents Act, 2024

Trade Marks Act, 2024

Value Added Tax Rules, 2015

Value Added Tax Regulations, 2015

Value Added Tax Act, 2024 (Reprint)

Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2024

Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2025

Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No.2) Act, 2025

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